 spikester (388), Salem, Oregon, USA
Apr 2, 2008
Best by date: 6/20/08.
Pours reddish brown from the bottle with an off-white good amount of head.
Lots of lacings.
Aroma is piney resinous and sweet.
Flavor is bitter hops with a very sweet maltiness. Nicely balanced not quite crisp but close. Medium dry finish.
Exceptional brew. If you could only have one micro--brew a day this would be a good choice.
Highly recommended.
rthbass (13), Vancouver, Washington, USA
Aug 18, 2008 On tap at Deschutes in Portland.
I always look forward to seeing this seasonal on tap. Very balanced. Great aroma and hop profile. A little unfocused on the mid-palate. Leaves you wanting a little more body. All in all and great red ale!
Beer_2000 (1164), Kristiansand, Norway
Aug 10, 2008 355 ml bottle. Reddish amber body with a creamy, light beige head. Aroma is fruity, grapefruit and berries with a little hint of caramel. Flavor is balanced sweet and bitter with fruit. Harmonic, balanced, with a sharp bitterness. Really nice.
RichardGretton (2603), Leicestershire, England
Aug 3, 2008 Bottle@Beers of the World Live (NEC), 2008. Amber beer with a hopped and roasted aroma. The flavour is very dry and hopped. Overall a nice beer.
lb4lb (1339), Austin, Texas, USA
Jul 31, 2008 bottle in trade from ditmier. Thanks!
Pours light reddish amber with a short lived beige head. Smell is caramel red malt with a lightly fruity hop and yeast smell too. Taste is lightly musty and yeasty and doughy. Some light hops and caramel with a light lingering bitterness in the finish. Could use more malt to balance and give more body, I think.
gws57 (988), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
Jul 28, 2008 Found this one bottled at the Liquor Depot in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Hazy, orange reddish pour with floaties, a foamy, off white head, toffee and candy apple nose, chocolate malt, nice and malty, mild but very quaffable.
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